The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 13, 2072
Waning Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
2:15 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1845
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 222.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.64° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.06° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.